Mayar Sherif shocks Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-3 in the final in Parma on Saturday. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Mayar Sherif vs. Maria Sakkari Parma Ladies Open – Parma
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sherif scored 70 points vs. Maria’s 60.
Sherif
The Egyptian won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 46% (6/13) of the procured opportunities.
Sakkari
On the other side, Maria had a tough time converting her break points (only 44% – 4/9). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Sherif and Sakkari is 2-1 for Mayar.
This was the maiden title for Mayar. This was her 4 final as she was the runner up in San Jose 2018, in Ostrava 2021, in St. Petersburg 2022 and in Indian Wells 2022. Sakkari 4th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Rabat 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Sherif took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Sherif refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Sakkari 4 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3), in the 10th (5-5) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
They played 74 points. The Egyptian conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Greek (39-35). The Egyptian surrendered 17 points on serve (17-17). On the other side, the Greek conceded 22 points on serve (18-22).
Sherif was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the Egyptian managed to stage a good comeback to break the Greek in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
They contested 58 points. Mayar won 8 points more than Sakkari (33-25). Sherif surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). On the losing side, Maria conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).